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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Agnes Maddisson" <xx@yy>
Reply-To: mrsagnesmaddisson888888@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:49:28 -0700
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND $750, 000 THOUSAND USD ONLY VIA ATM VISA CARD.

United Nation Organization
Information Section.
760 United Nations Plaza,
New York, NY 10017, USA.
RE: DOCKET NO. OP 292.
Our Ref: UN/BKL/STB


IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND $750,000 THOUSAND USD ONLY VIA ATM VISA CARD.

Attention Beneficiary;


We wish to inform you that your email has been chosen as one of the
previous scam victims in the past. The United Nation, World Bank, and
Paris club have instructed United bank for America New York, to
process and release your restitution worth of USD$750,000 Thousand Dollars, through an ATM CARD

We are very sorry for the plight you have gone through in the past.
Kindly get back to me for further instructions.

Thanks for your time and remain blessed.

congratulations!

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Agnes Maddisson

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